CPC G06Q 10/30 (2013.01) [G06K 7/0004 (2013.01); G07F 19/21 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for facilitating recycling of a card via a recycling receptacle, the method comprising:
receiving the card at the recycling receptacle, the card comprising a substrate and a first data portion;
receiving, from an image capture device of the recycling receptacle, image data associated with the card;
automatically identifying, based at least in part on the image data, a first location on the substrate associated with the first data portion;
outputting instructions for a separating device of the recycling receptacle to remove the first data portion from the substrate such that the substrate remains substantially intact;
determining that the material of the substrate matches a material associated with a third bin of the recycling receptacle; and
outputting instructions to transport the removed first data portion to a first bin of the recycling receptacle and transport the substrate to the third bin.
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